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The Chartcast with TC & Georgia

Episode #39: Ken Klippenstein

The Chartcast with TC & Georgia

TC & Georgia Orwell

Investing, Management, Short Selling, Money, Business, Oldspeak, Capital Markets, Tesla, Long Form Interview, History, Fraud, Finance

3.41.3K Ratings

🗓️ 16 August 2020

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

Join TC and Georgia as they interview Ken Klippenstein, reporter for The Nation, to discuss the strategy of making successful FOIA requests, his latest reporting on DHS border control agents in Portland, and his infamous Twitter tangles with Elon Musk.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hey, this is not, DJ Green Lantern, but this is the Kent-Clipinstein invasion.

0:15.0

He had thought about fiction when he was a young pup, but now he keeps it real because you cannot make this ish

0:20.2

up. He digs into all the records to get the skinny, the poop. Like my man doggy dog, you might say he's a snoop. He found and exploited a little secret, my brother. The government agencies sort of spy on each other. Yes, our guest today is one Ken Klippenstein. He is a one man,

0:36.1

wooded and Bernstein. Compare his FOIA skills to Watergate's deep throat. Now I'm dropping my

0:42.2

mic because that is all I wrote.

0:44.0

Heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh he hear this here podcast, know this.

0:55.0

This podcast is for entertainment purposes only.

0:59.0

Nothing discussed on this podcast should be considered investment advice. The hosts hold no licenses and

1:05.8

are not financial advisors. Do your own research before making investment decisions and we do hope you enjoy this podcast.

1:17.1

Okay, it looks like we're ready.

1:18.4

Ken Klippenstein, welcome to T.C.'s chart cast.

1:20.9

So great that you could join us.

1:22.0

Hey guys, thanks for having me. Yes, it's, uh, we're very

1:25.8

excited to have you on the show. You've, you're a wonderful follow on Twitter and

1:30.1

lots of activity in the Twitter sphere between yourself and Elon for us to discuss, but also very interested to dive deep into your reporting and some of the other stories that you're working on.

1:41.0

But before we do, as is the tradition on our show, tell the audience

1:45.9

who Ken is where you were born and sketch the arc of your career to how you found yourself

1:51.6

to be one of the best reporters at the nation.

1:55.0

Okay, well I was born in Los Angeles.

1:58.0

My mother was immigrated there from El Salvador.

2:03.2

She fled during the wars in the 80s

2:08.2

under the Reagan administration.

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